David Holmes may refer to:

Academics

David L. Holmes David Lynn Holmes Jr. (August 28, 1932 – April 29, 2023) was an American church historian. He was Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary. He was married to Carolyn Coggin Holmes, executive director ...

(1932–2023), American academic and historian of Anglicanism *

Dave Holmes (researcher) Dave Holmes is a Canadian professor of nursing, researcher, and author based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His research and writing are focused in the fields of public health, forensic nursing, critical theory, epistemology, law, ethics, psychiatr ...

(born 1967), Canadian researcher and academic

Arts and entertainment

David Holmes (musician) David Holmes (born 25 February 1969) is a Northern-Irish musician and composer from Northern Ireland. He worked as a DJ before releasing several solo albums that incorporated elements of trip hop, big beat, rock and electronic music. In the late ...

(born 1969), Northern Irish electronic musician and composer * David Holmes, drummer and vocalist for

Servant A domestic worker is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly ...

Dave Holmes (actor) David Robert Holmes (born March 14, 1971) is an American television host, writer, podcaster, producer, actor, and former VJ who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first '' Wanna Be a VJ'' contest in 1998. From the beginning, he ...

(born 1971), American MTV VJ, television presenter, actor, and writer *

David Holmes (actor) David Holmes (born July 2, 1983) is a British podcast host, former actor and stunt performer. Career Holmes was the stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in the first six films of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. He played a Sly ...

(born 1981), British stuntman and actor in the ''Harry Potter'' films

Politics and government

David Holmes (politician) David Holmes (March 10, 1769August 20, 1832) was an American politician in Virginia and Mississippi. He served five terms as a U.S. congressman from Virginia's 2nd congressional district and later was important in Mississippi's development as ...

(1769–1832), last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi, congressman from Virginia *

David Holmes (trade unionist) David Holmes (16 November 1843 – 14 January 1906) was a British trade unionist. Born in Manchester, Holmes worked as a weaver from the age of 8. When he was ten, he ran away from home to live with an uncle in Padiham. He continued weavin ...

(1843–1906), British trade unionist *

Ronald Holmes Sir David Ronald Holmes (, 26 December 1913 – 14 June 1981) was a British colonial government official who served in Hong Kong from 1938. In the Second World War, he was assigned to the British Army Aid Group where he actively took part ...

(David Ronald Holmes, 1913–1981), British colonial government official *

David Holmes (journalist) David Holmes (c. 1926 - February 2014) was a British journalist and broadcaster who served as the BBC's Political Editor from 1975 to 1980. He was educated at Allhallows School. In 1956 he became a BBC home news reporter and between 1961 and ...

(1926–2014), BBC political editor * David S. Holmes Jr. (1914–1994), American politician in Michigan, *

David Holmes (diplomat) David Holmes is an American diplomat who served as a counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine circa 2019-2020. He is at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service as Senior State Department Fellow, as of 2022. Holm ...

, United States Department of State official

Sports

Dave Holmes (American football) David Leon Holmes (January 7, 1924 – August 25, 1999) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head coach football coach at Eastern Washington State College—now known as Eastern Washington Unive ...

(1924–1999), American football player and coach * Dave Holmes (sportscaster), American sportscaster * David Holmes (businessman) (born 1935), Scottish businessperson, former Chairman of Rangers F.C. * David L. Holmes (coach) (1887–1960), American college sports coach and athletics administrator {{hndis, Holmes, David